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Ekrem Dumanl?, editor-in-chief of Daily Zaman, announced his resignation on Oct. 5 due to ?unlawful pressure on press and his personality.?

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Do?an Media Group for ?terrorist propaganda? following a widely derided front-page story in pro-government daily Güne?.

The number of cases filed against journalists has increased with a criminal investigation launched against daily Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanl? and a legal case filed against daily Bugün columnist Yavuz Baydar for allegedly defaming President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, while a Dutch journalist was detained in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.

Former prosecutor Zekeriya Öz has sought political asylum from Germany following an arrest warrant issued for him after he headed Turkey?s biggest corruption investigation involving the sons of four former ministers in 2013, daily Sözcü reported.

A man who is suspected of involvement in the killing of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria?s honorary consul in Ankara in 2013 told friends that his group committed the crime for $1 million, a witness has told the court.

Medet Ünlü, 53, was killed by armed assailants at the honorary consulate in Ankara on May 22, 2013.